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• CCL becomes Coal India’s maiden arm for MDO mode

  30 Aug 2022

  Central Coalfields Limited(CCL) signed Memorandum of Understanding(MoU) with M/s JMS Mining Private Limited for the operation of Piparwar Underground Mines through the mine, developer and operator (MDO) mode at CCL Headquarters, Ranchi today. . ...Read More

• Biomass cofiring loopholes put coal on open-ended life support in Asia

  30 Aug 2022

  • Over the past 10 years, some of Asia’s coal-dependent, high-emitting nations have turned to biomass cofiring (burning coal and biomass together to make electricity) to reduce CO2 emissions on paper and reach energy targets. But biomass still generates high levels of CO2 at the smokestack and adds to dangerous global warming. . ...Read More

• Coal crunch hastens Indian metal makers’ switch to green energy

  30 Aug 2022

  GIC Pte.-backed Greenko, one of India’s largest renewable energy companies, signed an agreement earlier this month with Hindalco Industries Ltd. to provide carbon-free electricity to the aluminum producer’s Odisha smelter for 25 years, following a similar deal with ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India Ltd. . ...Read More

• China’s historic drought forces a return to coal

  26 Aug 2022

  Faced with crippling power cuts and the worst drought in modern history, China is shelving plans to reduce its reliance on coal, as cities and factories around the country struggle to keep the lights on and stay open. . ...Read More

• Column: Australian and Indonesian thermal coal tread contrasting price paths: Russell

  26 Aug 2022

  LAUNCESTON, Australia, Aug 25 (Reuters) - The spot price of benchmark Australian thermal coal is continuing to hold near record highs above $400 a tonne, but the price for Asia's other main type of the coal used to generate electricity isn't performing nearly as well. . ...Read More

• China's major coal-transport railway overhauled to ensure supply

  26 Aug 2022

  The Datong-Qinhuangdao railway, or the Daqin Line, is one of China's most important coal-transport railway lines. As the need for coal keeps rising this summer, . ...Read More

• THIS UTAH COAL PLANT COULD BE THE FIRST TO CONVERT TO HYDROGEN ENERGY

  26 Aug 2022

  Coal production in the United States peaked in 2008. Since then, we have increasingly moved away from the dirty burning energy source, . ...Read More

• S Africa coal imports to Europe jump 5-fold since invasion

  25 Aug 2022

  (Montel) Europe’s taste for South African coal has grown sharply since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine six months ago, with imported volumes up five-fold over the period, as the region shuns supply from Russia. . ...Read More

• Adani Enterprises Limited forms two subsidiaries for Coal Mining

  25 Aug 2022

  Adani Enterprises Limited has incorporated two Wholly Owned Subsidiaries on 23rd August, 2022 as per following details: . ...Read More

• German Cabinet approves: priority for coal on railways

  25 Aug 2022

  The measure for the priority of coal transport on railways in Germany has been approved by the Cabinet. This was announced by digital affairs and transport minister Volker Wissing of the neoliberal Free Democrats (FDP), after Wednesday’s Cabinet meeting. . ...Read More

• Whitehaven books record profit, expects coal prices to stay elevated

  25 Aug 2022

  The logo of Australia's biggest independent coal miner Whitehaven Coal Ltd is displayed on their office building located in the north-western New South Wales town of Gunnedah in Australia, August 15, 2017. Picture taken August 15, 2017. REUTERS/David Gray . ...Read More

• China builds up world’s largest ultra-low emission thermal power plant cluster

  24 Aug 2022

  China has built up the largest ultra-low emission thermal power plant cluster globally thanks to the efforts and investments made in environmental technologies and policies, with related technologies leading the way globally, the country's environment authority said on Tuesday. . ...Read More

• Groups say Duke Energy carbon plan limits their climate efforts

  24 Aug 2022

  Coal at the Marshall Steam Station on Lake Norman is seen in 2016. Regulators are reviewing Duke Energy's plan for closing coal-fired plants and shifting to cleaner energy. . ...Read More

• Ban on coal from Russia has Poland scrambling

  24 Aug 2022

  A government ban on coal trade with Russia has left Poland scrambling to find new sources, with concerns mounting that there will be a winter heating crisis. . ...Read More

• South 32's Appin coal mine workers to begin industrial action - union

  24 Aug 2022

  Aug 24 (Reuters) - Workers at South 32 Ltd's S32.AX Appin coal mine will begin industrial action for a week starting Wednesday to negotiate higher pay, Australia's Mining & Energy Union said. . ...Read More